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Frontier Days for Homeschools
Friday, September 19, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Today our interpretive staff will provide a special
experience for homeschool groups. Students will experience Frontier Days
as the 19th century pioneers would have experienced it. Programming will
be…
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Frontier Days
Friday, September 19, 2025 - Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Learn about the early settlement of the area in the 1820s
and 1830s and hear about the beginning of the town of Washington. Take a tour
of town and discover what some of the early settlers here…
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Hooves through History
Saturday, October 04, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Historic Washington State Park will offer a hoof care demonstration at the Sanders Barnyard. Attendees will witness and discuss the methods used by 19th century pioneers to keep their horses…
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Harvest Hootenanny
Saturday, October 18, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Come celebrate the fall season with a fun-filled day of activities in the charming setting of our historic town. Enjoy traditional games, delicious food, and fall festivities, all…
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Shakespeare in the Park (Student Matinee)
Friday, October 24, 2025
/ 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Students
can enjoy a matinee performance of Shakespeare’s historic drama “Julius Caesar” by the Texas Shakespeare Festival of Kilgore.
Performances begin at 10:30 a.m. in the 1940 WPA Gym. Seating is…
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Shakespeare in the Park
Friday, October 24, 2025
/ 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Enjoy an evening performance
of Shakespeare’s historic drama “Julius Caesar” by the Texas Shakespeare Festival of Kilgore. Performances
begin at 7:30 p.m. in the 1940 WPA Gym. Call ahead for ticket…
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Washington After Dark
Saturday, October 25, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
An evening at Historic Washington State Park provides a
chance to indulge your imagination. Accompany an interpretive guide through
selected sites in Washington that have some “unexplained” happenings…
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Town in Conflict School Day
Friday, October 31, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Participate in "Town in Conflict" at Historic Washington State Park with your school group. Turn
back the clock to the years of the war and see a town engulfed in a war that
put brother against…
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